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And I agree with you, Biggandyy, even if CS Lewis doesn't.

No Aspen, what you are seeing is people -- including myself -- pointing out that many of your theories are against what the Bible says. You are seeing people asking you to prove your point with the Bible. It shouldn't be that hard if what you say is true. Now regarding Augustine... Don't you...

I get the feeling you think this was just a story and didn't happen.... Yet you seem to be quoting CS Lewis quite a bit.... As if what he wrote did happen.

Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise...

I'm a bit confused.... Are you talking about Liberty University out of Virginia? Or was "Global University" also under the name of "Liberty"? In any sense, I hope it works out for you....

What's even stranger is that Satan didn't ask God to allow him to do those things until God brought his name up. It is a tough question and I don't know of a Biblical answer. The best I can do is say that it was to show Satan and us what a man can do and go through if he loves God. It...

it seems to me that we were created for him. We are supposed to enjoy God, but he also enjoys us. I don't really know the answer to your question (why create a world to distract us). We do know he didn't initially make the world to distract us -- he made it a paradise, and it will return to...

I'm not sure if you understood what I said, or if you are just pondering the question. :)

Well, that's precisely my point, Gypsy. The question is he merely aware of all unfolding events, or are they part of his plan? If he created the timeline for earth, this would say he planned them, including the fall of Adam and Eve.

No it wasn't a good scenerio.... But neither is the suggestion that God was just planning ahead in just in case they did fall.

Now Aspen, do you really believe that? So the scenerio is that God made Adam, made the Garden and then for some reason put the serpent there as well as the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He then figured out that maybe, just maybe Adam and Eve might listen to the serpent, and mess it up...

John III, the statement that they had free will is not supported by your answer. You haven't answered why it is that Jesus was slain (or ordained to be) before the fall. It also doesn't explain why God said he declared the end from the beginning. Furthermore, the statement that "Adam and Eve...

Yea... Thanks..... But right now, I'd just like to know if God knew and preplanned what happened with Adam. Since he sent the cure before the disease, I can't think anything else but he did, and he planned it that way.

Huh?

Yet, he did it. God knew they would do it, and he declared it from the beginning. It was God's counsel that it should stand and it did.

The phrase "unknown tongues" is used in 1 Cor 14 in the KJV.

I've heard Darwin did concede to the almighty before he died, and I also heard it is urban myth.... It is between the Lord and him now..... Funny thing is I saw a copy of Origin of Species on the shelf at the library today. I haven't read it, so I can't pass judgment on him or what he said...

Not exactly Tom.... The Bible doesn't say Peter didn't understand it. I think he did.... At least he understood what was being said, and he even interpreted it! Others mocked because they didn't understand it. Have a look at 1 Cor 14:2. There is unknown tongues, but that's not the experience...

I'm sorry, but who is he? I looked at the wikipedia article on him.... So what? Why should I care that much other than it's sad that anyone dies? Is there a reason I should mourn? I wish his family well, but that's about it.

PLEASE! PLEASE! FOCUS! No one has addressed my main point. Whether we are God's elect is a good question, but it isn't THE question. Adam naming animals is a good question but it isn't THE question. I'll be happy to discuss them, but the direct question should be answered or addressed...